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"ea granted before, the mandamus . in this case might issue THE IMPRISONME N T FOR DEBT ACT. • the su r. HENDERSON applied for a rule to show cause why in i • ra of 504 15s. 9d., which had been paid into Court fend OF special bail, should not be repaid to the de ilev '114(%1'68e name did not transpire) or to . his attor •• ine 7th section of the new Act provided that Irher e e defendant was in custody at the time of the owno:Tetekrini ningg into operation, he should be discharged into a common appearance. The question th at d be, 'whether the present case was within the spirit of tille,7,etaiao, although it might not be within the letter. tot] : -au been granted in cases where persons were in cus ii_and this was only going a step further. I,„'"*. as LITTLEDALE thought it wasgoing two steps, "'granted a rule nisi. M r 1. ‘ , 7 !E QuaE N V . THE MAYOR OF SWANSEA. Mayor lELIAMS moved for a mandamus, against the C eun .:; 1. Swans ea , to proceed to the election of six Town statedeloors, T he affidavit, in support of the application, tili or that the Court assembled for the election of Conn suPPly the vacanc i es ; b ut i n consequence o f some f o t' rm " e ‘e ari s i ng between the Mayor and the Assessors, of whi el , r the a djourn e d t h e Court, sine die, the consequence int erfer es that n o e l ection took place. 'Unless the Court e , th e b orough would remain with only fifteen °}lai:illyors until next November. th en r o2 l4 , °ltp s l ir directed the mandamus to issue, and 44RYLEB ONE.—(T HI S DAY.) Kith Itf ar , 1.1,,:1nne Cunningham was placed at the bar, charged BtreeCul4g ber master, Mr. Valley, of No. 35, Seymour aft et, Air. Flower conducted the prisoner's defence, an d ( a r le Y Ingthened investigation the prosecution was droppe tiNrs o ,,* v7 alley, although the sitting Magistrate, Mr. RAW: &Cion t " t ) exPressed his opinion that there was evidence suf. ‘o warrant the committal of the prisoner for trial. dhve" of named Thompson, was summoned by the th e the h aekney-coach No. 64, for refusing to pay him Af ',amunt of his fare, a balance of Bd. being withheld. ihompson said he hired the complainant to take bin, Euston- square to Somers -street, and paid of hi s 8. fa 4 d., w hi ch he considered to have been the amount °hr . RAWLINSON id he regretted that he should . be , zedto arnsaei:cehim in that sum and costs, amounting a t 8s °u advising him at the same tie always h to pay 410 demanded, and then take the driver's num er. THE MAILS. 6. 4 a ccordance with a requisition, numerously signed ! and . I:4lBMitted to the Lord Provost, a public meeting of the op m er s, merchants, and other parties interested, was held pos'oaday afternoon, in the Town Hall, " for the pur a! of deliberating how far it is proper to memorialise her N' l t es tY s Treasury against any change which would pre sh,, the arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester corre- V i enc e at a later hour than at present." e LORD PROVOST was unanimously called to the f o 4i r, and, after reading the requisition, stated the object ,*.diich the meeting had been called. ;Mr. GRAY (of the firm of Wighton, Gray, and Co.) 1 1 4 : move a series of resolutions, and, after alluding to kitr'mportance to this city (Glasgow) commercial . t hot "l view, of the Liverpool and Manchester mails, said 1,, 0 ,,„ the contemplated additional mail to Glasgow ll to e utq , he quite useless if it did not arrive here bu t s te gs 'clock in the afternoon—an hour at which i ll, may be said to be over for the day. Indeed, iu pettettlnsidered the intelligence by the Liverpool mail mailf iheifer importance than that brought by the lan ge tice :s the latest state of the markets, andiThe d° i n ntelli- N it ," 11 1 all parts of India and America, came through te adi e n n , ann el of communication. Mr. Gray concluded,.i wereby k e , the resolution s embodying these views, which • Med b Y the Lord Dean of Guild, and agreed to una kry bey.moasl It was also agreed that the Lords of the Trea mean- tirpe memorialised on the subject, and that, 41 41 4 CC TY of the resolutions be transmitted in n o the tbe Post oer-General. tt an Z t he moti on o f MICHAEL 7 ROLAND, Es q., a vote of t Olte B Wa S given to the Lord Provost, and the meeting ul).- - Scot s Ti mes. The hag b followincr letter by the Hon. Member for Greenack e" fished r , k v Glasgow, Nov. 1, 1838. i' l e e le.r a r s ' a r i t 3o slß—lt is quite clear that the Post-Master ut to offer a premeditated, deliberate . affront kaij Se l t o l Luld i , by the arrangements connected with the day 1 4 "i LOrldon ,:AugillnaedatY address . to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh in last, I predicted that some scheme would be de arrar disgusting th e mercan til e i n t e rests with the g e let ter n g e nients, and my prophecy has proved true to lt h as • ' ° 4l o be en officially announce d th a t t h e d ay ma il s f rom Ilk a i n will reach Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively, at S even o'cl oc k a t night, hours which every sane man to th w ill rend er th e arr i va l nearly, if not entirely useless keittreat body of the people ; but lest this might not I'let, - ,,‘",eient to induce the commercial interests to view the . ;let e - Z 4 ,ed boon as worse than an imposition, it has been t he r 4 ,7ned to connect the Liverpool mails with the London 4 5 1 , -4 'is, and thus to create confusion and dismay among t itia, t %erous and valuable interests which exist in every Air' with that emporium of commerce. tf t d • ti is I foresaw and stated, as my letter to the Provost tic t Luu urgli will rove • and now lam to state the great Ndi r l, 9 l goined by the Post -office ; inasmuch as I have been ! a oit , informed that the Chamber of Commerce of Glas :°,4oere to request that the sending of day mails shall be Neo t °tiled altogether, rather than have their present conve- WOninunication with Liverpool disturbed. t f i li 4 T a triumph for a great Department, which is based ti le t l undisputed rational principle of being established jo t e "flea of trade and commerce, in preference to P ot , onaidered a Revenue Department. ti, er ,, B 4l: ll d Y i l ,"'n Part, I -shall rejoice if the Post-office blun -1111114i1,-"uclers on, and agrees to withdraw the proffered ave • fe4iit , given notice of my intention to move for a Seleet 4 4 4 t° lnquire i n t o t h e management of the Post 114sh est r w , a call up on C o lone(Maberly, as the first k no ho • "seo tperhaps you do not know, is supposed to 11.411 st) °, office fr om hi s acqu i rements as a political eco- N a nt' let ler the c ountry at l arge j u d ge h ow he justifies to Con duct so def ence l ess u p on a ny rational prin 'll -, 4ate ve , 1 4 „ er e • • ' 44 41. 00 use in e l /11 11t ea U nder expecting good management or liberal tits- rY the present system, and the only chance . the t. ti; p a for" t r a l or cheap postage is, to couple with their of l ey:l'44ot i t great measure—that the management of the oth er ue placed under a Board of Commissioners, as lqhese are reat department of the State is. er of y e ,, t he opinions I venture to offer in reply to your bterday's date.—l remain your's truly, %Now a ROBERT WALLACE. Y, Esq., Edinburgh. IliT i h i t * , o ti:l3:rs°aT VESTRY CLERK.—We . called atten !rhter i f or . I fo to the contest v n es o t w t ttit o t Zd, befo'ree situation of a i a n d th w e e pa r r e i c s a h t.n oi . ti 'at t u ll e salary anlndak'ng. goingC l Clerk, k o , n the of eoinotffimy office. It a lt i: t . s re a v a i w ou t s am in a q u u r i a ry d tai t k e er e are duties o, th 1 1 %4 a ),;. !ome defalcations in the parish accounts which d.s_ Sol l ' P.tretivlis inquiry bi,ci.nted t ,, ,F,12 arly before f the old bloc id into the a whole matter in i is The proverb says, as k o t tt ' Aio, , u oil the situation. . and we k now no li t ,..'t . 1 . so chirp the young ones , men than the t'tsty bgarantee for honesty in young 'kit • of thei 4) 44 ittio n, v_ar parents. If his father have had a good e motive in the son, m . w o ,. if h i .. Llt is one strop to g A o ' .. father have lost g his character for behaving tot,ll4,otionworthy son can dishonour . a worthy father, ' th 'I father dishonours himself. .Let it be noted .a , t o ' t a : • • a desire to figure I h ro pp er 05 grasping disposition, u . t 0 ., fra . n, i clutching se- Cl et oflle es i . 5 . 8”, an inordinate ursi t kl e ‘to L i 4 Ins own person or family, led the late Vestry -14 etira t s. unha ppy end yinn let not the pari t s e h t io t n a e u rs ad n e o r w . 11:44 twat similar conduct another. We ro of the population, 4 . 14 3 bi s ?otne of the very religious kh ° tem. .enters also, but operated o p n a b rt y unworthy motives, h i ! th: l is g their countenance to the . encouragement of vice,. 1,.11 bast lea of the abominable system of jobbing i At g • ied, We believe, to the present vacancy. 4 .4 p kb ° t . 4 11 ; 0 1 3 :Is great pleasure to find that an institution iti o 4a of t h e ?Petted at the West-end of the town, for the re- Ithi 4t to ,acisueUg!less poor during the winter months, and . to l Ch a ali,. i f applicant a supper, bed,. breakfast, and medical tti ed !les col. required. The Committee have appointed Mr.. lii ; 4 1 offi Pe. of Margaret -street, Cavendish-square, e ' nob c er 'and the subscription list already I , li ilityas their includes the I:,ootrthycortlgpftatiEioE'swicti PENSIONERS.—This is a 160 6q chels o to . Mr. Gleig's admired and interesting I lat — lltho r 1_ ea Hospital. In the work before us, however, exhibition of his ta w , a tti ~oas taken a wider field for a the 1 1 : 1 : ay tLiZetZehject. is altogeth k er as more interesting one. tile tinter there sure that about the Chelsea it has stru to distinguish him from . )h o °fir nuni , a.. little or nothing Bets Ine ro6 ' .. Y t iarge—he is a common-place human being t, pe r i n ? ats, sleeps, walks about, chews, and smokes, and th o "tooally in toxicated. But the Greenwich Pensioner, t ser 4 i o ther s h and, is /t h illl tiilirld hbitual characteristics animal teristies have very little in co b mm f re . of a species by itself, whose an 4 a hose Pr off , tll e of every day h e umanity Although the work h e . o it itilip h , to be a work of invention, there is trine in i t i 80 true impress of reality, indeed, the greater part it t of a.. eot t Oo to nature, both in portraiture and incident, tha I :... t . 4.46 int ere sting to a high degree, the strangenesse: re in ;Aff th°ro those of truth than of fiction.—Court Journal. a ~evt,or•iiparoo Bolland has not recovered from the hp. it which obliged him to leave the circuit at Heil 'to 13 generally kip .1. 0 Leamington, thought that be will not be able to resume I , , t `! yiiil ri ti !be Bench again. He is at prsent at h tr io . ot attend the Court this term. In the event of his r°intpa'otills said that the Solicitor-General will have the ap- EFFECT OF THE CORN-LAWS ON THE FARMERS. We now propose in continuation of our remarks on Monday, to say something on the manner in which the Corn-laws affect the farmers. Do they gain by them ? Their condition is the best answer. "It is now nineteen years ago," said a respectable farmer to us a few days ago, " since I took my present farm, and my father lived in this parish before me. At that time most of the farmers about were doing well, they had all money and stock, and were never behind hand. Now there is hardly one of them that has anything, and a great many have been sold up and gone away." This referred to the county of Kent, and we can safely say that such a complete decay of the little gentry and farmers as has taken place there since the Corn-laws were passed in 1815 was never before known. This indi vidual case corresponds with the condition of the farmer throughout England. Since 1820 half a dozen Committees we believe, have sat to inquire into the distressed condition of the agriculturists, and all have agreed in this, that the condition of the farmer has been gradually and successively deteriorated. All have agreed in this, too, that the condition of the agricultural labourers has been nearly as bad as it was possible to be. Facts which are so notorious as these require no long quotations to establish them. The Commons' Committee which sat in 1821, say that" the returns of farming capital were at that time considerably be low the ordinary rate of profit ;" and the Committee of 1833 say that " no evidence adduced before them warrants a different conclusion." At the first period the farmer had the Corn-law of 1815, at the second the law of 1828. The Committee of 1833 says that savings of the farmer which existed in 1821 " are either gone or greatly diminished, the credit failing and their resources generally exhausted." In the counties of England the same report says " where yeomen heretofore abounded, occupying their own estates, a great change of property has recently taken place." Tlitt Committee also recognised the important fact, that " the country is now annually dependent for a portion of its sup ply on importation from abroad." Another Committee sat in 1836, but the Members could not agree to a report, so none was made. We find Mr. Eliman, however, giving such evidence as this :—" The farmer's capital has very much diminished in the Weald of Sussex. In 1833 the farmers were very much reduced, and in 1836 were no better." In Mr. Well Hall's opinion they " were worse off in 1836 than in 1833." He says too that " the fluctuations of the times have rendered taking leases a hazardous experiment for the farmers," and also that " im provements cannot well be made in agriculture by the farmers without leases." Mr. Atkinson stated that " all the clay farmers of Lincolnshire had felt distress." A Committee of the Lords also sat in 1836, which made no report, but the evidence before it con tains many passages like this. On Mr. Grey's evidence, agriculture is said to be in a very distressed state ; in a Mr. Carter's, " the present state of the tenants in Norfolk is ruinous." We need not, however, quote more evidence to prove that since 1820 till 1836, the condition of the farmer was one of comparative distress and decay. One general fact, indeed, we must remind the reader of, because it is a proof of the dependence and degradation of the farmer as well as of his distress and his decay. Every Michaelmas, almost, for the last twelve years, the Provin cial Journals have resounded with the great kindness of my Lord This and Bishop That, or Lady T'other-thing, and Squire Gripe, and Mr. Seizeall, havin g graciously conde scended to abate fifteen, or twenty, or five per cent. of the rent of the tenants, or of their tithe composition, on ac count of the sufferings of the farmers. No other class of men in this kingdom besides them have been for a series of years in a state of insolvency, and have only been kept out of goal, because the landlords and tithe-lords knew that if they were to exact what the law allowed them to exact, they would have ruined the bulk of the farmers. For the last twenty years the condition of the once justly proud yeoman and farmer of England, has been one of dis tress, degradation, and grating dependence. If not caused by the Corn-laws, it has been co-existent with that, and began about the period when they consented to be the landlords' tools in their base conspiracy to plunder the other classes. Here then is an overwhelming mass of evidence to prove that since the Corn-laws were passed in 1815, for the avowed purpose of keeping up the price of corn, the farmers, the real cultivators of the soil, have been in one continued state of distress. We need quote no evidence to prove that the condition of the agricultural labourers during the same period, has been at least equally unfortu nate and miserable. All the Agricultural Committees and Poor-law Commissions establish this fact beyond the shadow of a doubt. It is now only necessary, therefore, for us to connect their miserable and degraded condition with the Corn-laws, as its cause, and that we shall, we hope, fully accomplish. During this period, it must be remembered that the country has been at peace, and in a state of progressive prosperity. The population of Great Britain, as we have stated, has in creased since 1815 about 5,000,000 ; there has, consequently, been a continually increasing demand for the produce of the soil, which our own country, under the present system has been unable to meet. There have been repeated supplies of foreign corn brought in. The population has been con tinually going a-head of the food, or the natural circum stances of society have been extremely favourable to the increase of cultivation and to the prosperity qf the farmers. Nor is there any want of soil to cultivate, or hands to till it. The agricultural population is in acknowledged super abundance ; and according to Blackwood, there is sufficient land in the empire to produce, " at a very moderate calcula tion,sixty millions of quarters of,wheat a-year ;" or the "coun try contains within itself the means of maintaining in com fort, at least triple the present amount of population." Nor is this bad land ; there are 15,000,000 acres uncultivated which might be advantageously ploughed ; a great part of it, in fact, • consists of deer-feeding parks and pleasure grounds, of the law-making landlords. Parks of 1,500, 1,200, 1,000, 500, or 100 acres of land cut off from profitable cultivation—like the clergy wastes of Canada—lie in the very heart of England. As long as the landlords were content with the rent which naturally came to them, we, and the whole community, saw, we believe, their enjoyment of these magnificent domains with pride and pleasure. What they honestly possess they should freely enjoy ; but when they have the scandalous impu dence to tax us, on the groand of paying the expense of cultivating bad soils, we cannot neglect to direct public at tention to their parks, as fertile land withheld from cultiva tion and general use, on which they expend, for sport and amusement, part of the money they take from the public. The facts are, then, that the land of England is imper fectly and incompletely cultivated ; that the population is increasing ; that there is an increasing demand for agri cultural produce, and an abundance of agricultural la bourers ready to work at low terms ; and yet the whole body of the agriculturists are, and have been, in distress. This is the consequence, we assert, of the Corn-laws. The pretext on which they are passed is, that cultivation costs more here than on the Continent. This is a false as- sertion, but supposing it true, what is the effect of the Corn laws ? They increase the expense of cultivating the soil ; they augment rent which the cultivator pays ; they in crease Poor-rates, by increasing the expense of maintain in g the poor ; they increase the cost of seed corn, and feeding cattle ; they add to the expense of feeding the labourer; they increase, too, the expense of the farmer's living ; increase the cost of his wife's gown and his own shoes, of his harness and his ploughs, and, in short, of everything he uses for his comfort or is necessary for his trade. Thus, on the showing of the advocates of the Corn laws, they add to the burden of the laden horse ; they lock the wheel of the loaded waggon going up hill ; they help the hand-bound farmer by adding an additional chain to his fetters. The result is that he cannot move. The waggon is running backwards and the horse breaking down under the load. The Corn-laws, by adding to the expense of cultivating the soil, are breaking the back of the rate and tax-burdened agriculturists. The Corn-laws, it is said, are to prevent competition with corn grown at a cheaper rate. The farmer relies on the promise, and, calculating on getting a large price, he neglects improvements. He goes on in the old jog-trot way, and while every other trade or occup::tion is carried on by ingenious mechanical helps, he sticks to the old plan of manual labour, fed on taxed corn. Other producers gain on their fixed capital ; he has comparatively none. Hedge-rows are kept up to nourish weeds, birds, and game. Manual labour, with a doubtful market, is so dear that he can neither grub nor drain effectually. He dare not even take a lease, such is the instability of the markets under the Corn-laws, and such the cost of labour that compara tively no improvements are made, and no cheaper me thods of cultivation are fallen on. But while he dreams that he is saved from the competition of cheaper grown corn, he is deceived by the laws. They cannot keep it out of the country. From Ireland, in fact, where the tithes are next to nothing, and where the price of labour is less than in Poland, they encourage importa tion. From Scotland, too, where there is compu-atively no tithe, and where.great skill is displayed in cultivation, and where wages are by no means good, the Legislature of invites importation into England. The improvement steam navigation has brought those countries, with all their comparative advantages over English agriculturists, into competition with England ; and whenever there is a good harvest, whenever there is a quarter of corn grown above the average consumption of the year, the price at which the farmers of England are obliged to sell their corn, goes down to the price at which it can be and is grown in Ireland. Thus the Corn-laws completely hum bug and cheat the English agriculturist. They promise him protection from competition with cheap grown corn, and they give it not. Agreeably to this view, and amply confirming it, the distress complained of has THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1838. chiefly been experienced, at least since 1825, by the agri culturists of England. Those of Scotland and Ireland have neither suffered nor complained so much. We can point out a number of other modes in which the Corn-laws injure and impoverish the cultivator of the soil, but we must reserve some observations for another day. LITERATURE. DUBLIN REV IE W, No. X. Booker and Dolman, London, 1838. The objection that we made to the former Numbers of this Review, namely, that they were too exclusively theo logical and, controversial in their tone, applies in a dimi nished degree, to the present, which still preserves much of its sectarian character, though it has far more variety of subject, and expatiates over a wider field than any of its predecessors. Many readers will derive amusement and instruction from this Number, who would have found the preceding ones as barren as the road from Dan to Beer sheba. In particular, they will peruse with interest the critical remarks on the " Orators in the Reformed Parlia ment," which have been suggested by the recent publica tion of Lord Brougham's speeches. This article, which is by far the most generally interesting in the Number, fur nishes us with some criticisms on the oratory of Lords Brougham, Lyndhurst, Grey, and the Bishops of Norwich and Exeter ; to which we have little or nothing to oh ject, whether on the score of matter or manner, with the exception of this passage, wherein the Reviewer discuss es the peculiarities of Lord Brougham's eloquence :—" His style differs altogether from that of Demosthenes ; neither does it .follow, like the speeches of Grenville and Tierney, the school of Cicero. His Lordship's addresses are especially deficient in the perspicuity which marks every oration of Cicero ; and although they abound in evidence of an at tentive study of the severest models of Roman oratory, yet they are not servile imitations, but show that, like a great master, Lord Brougham has formed a style peculiarly his own. He belongs to the same class of orators as Tully ; to that class of lofty and majestic 'speakers, who distin guish themselves by the energy of their sentiments and the dignity of their expressions. He is impetuous, diversified, copious, and weighty, and abundantly qualified to alarm and sway the passions. And yet when the nature of the subject, or the occasion requires it, he can vary his style, and be simple in his language, and moderate in his manner, though dexterous and keen in his argument. In the accu mulation of matter in a sentence, in the involution within involution, all rendered clear to the dullest perception of the dullest. hearer by the modulations of tone and other accomplishments of true eloquence, Lord Brougham is unrivalled." There is truth in this sketch of his Lordship's oratorical peculiarities ; but what does the Reviewer mean by asserting that the " speeches of Tierney follow the school of Cicero ?" They arc the direct antipodes of each other. The one's style is curt, pointed, homely, and fami liar ; the other's, declamatory, dignified, and remarkable for the long and majestic, though somewhat monotonous, roll of its periods. Tierney packs up all he has to say, in the smallest possible compass, utterly regardless of the embel lishments of diction ; Cicero pays quite as much atten tion to his manner as his matter, as any one may see who will take the trouble to analyze his sentences, which usually terminate with a polysyllabical verb, im mediately preceded by an infinitive mood. In the essay on " Carlyle's Works," justice—and not more than justice— is done to the talents of one of the most thoughtful and original-minded writes of the day. Mr. Carlyle is fre quently obscure, and to those not accustomed to his style, would appear affected ; but nothing can be further from the fact. He is as sincere and earnest, as was Charles Lamb, in his quaintness, which, we suspect, he cannot remedy, even were he to think it worth his while to attempt it. " Memoirs of Scott" give a just analysis of Mr. Lockhart's late biographical sketch of this great and good man. " Equality and Centralization" is a clever and impartial estimate of the present con dition, social and political, of the sister country. " Anglican Claim of 'Apostolical Succession" is an article chiefly of a controversial character, and such as, we fear, will be caviare to the generality of readers. The remaining articles in the Number call for no particular comment. THE KEEPSAKE. Longman, London, 1838. A more showy Annual than this has not yet made its ap pearance. It is a perfect blaze of gold and crimson silk. Would that its literary merits were equally brilliant., but justice compels us to state that they are, for the most part, of a very mediocre character—mere paste pearls set in gold. Yet, among the contributors to the " Keepsake," are to be found great Lords and Ladies, by the score, whose august names and titles are repeated twice in the course of as many pages, in order, we suppose, to itn press the reader with a becoming sense of awe, and gratitude for their condescension in entering the literary arena. Foremost among these aristocratic contributors stands the heir of the Ducal house of Granby, whose versicles, yclep t the " Shipwreck," convince us that a man may be a very great Lord, and yet a very indifferent poet. The first couplet of this remarkable outburst of poesy runs a s follows : " Hope, thou who guidest man's unruly ways, Whose golden Temple rests on future days." The strange jumble of ideas in this last line, where a " golden temple" is explicitly stated to be built on " future days"—a truly Irish foundation !—reminds us of that equally coherent rule-of-three sum which has puzzled so many of the ablest examiners in the Cambridge Senate-house, " if a leg of mutton cost three shillings, how far is it from Westminster Bridge to the Twenty-fifth of October ?" The rest of the Noble Marquis's poem is pretty much in the same incongruous fashion ; indeed, so hopelessly dull is it, that we protest on our honour we would tar rather suffer " Shipwreck," than be compelled to wade through it a second time. " The Spirit of the Wye," which professes to be an imaginative tale, deserves notice for the diligent exclusion, so visible throughout it, of everything like ima gination. It is from the pen of another small aristocratic songster, who is in the habit of chirping on the lower slopes of Parnassus with all the sweetness and vigour of a tom tit. Mr. Liddell's poem on the " Waterside" is neatly and gracefully versified, and contains one passage replete with stirring energy. The author, however, does not work out the idea he intends to convey, with sufficient perspicuity. " Stanzas" by Lord John Manners are pious, but prosy. The first line, " Blest is he who ne'er repines," i s , if we mistake not, a plagiarism from Sternhold and Hopkins. Lord Maidstone's " Fountain of Trevi" con tains one pleasing thought, which we extract accordingly : " Yet in this fountain's ceaseless flow Is moral for the wise to know ; On, on, we rush, a stream of men, Falling and filling fast again ; To some their course is g►ven from high, With noisy splash they hurry by; Some drop in placid dignity, Some gently trickle down to die." "Stanzas" by Lord Viscount Jocelyn, impress us, in every line, with the conviction that it would have been far better had they been left wholly unwritten. A mere blank page would have been quite as effective for all poetical purposes. " A short-sighted Adventure" is a lively prose tale, for which we are indebted to the Hon. Edmund Phipps. Lady Blessington's " Thoughts on Lord Byron" are just in thought and elegant in expvssion. But decidedly the two most interesting articles in Lhe volume are, Lady London derry's account of " the First View of Moscow and the Kremlin," and Mr. St. John's tale, entitled, the 4 Marriage of Sion," both of which are excellent. The last, in particular, is one of the most touching steries of an imaginative kind we have perused for some years. The plates of the Keepsake are twelve in number, and, with one or two exceptions, executed with considerable ability. The cleverest and most highly finished is the view of " Byron contemplating the Coliseum," which is the pro duction of Mr. Willmore. POLITICAL DISCOURSES. BY GEORGE RAMSAY, B.M. Edinburgh: Adam, Black, and Co., 1838. This volume comprises five Discourses or Essays, on t he following subjects : The Foundation of Government Civil Liberty ; the Vote by Ballot : the Equality and, Inequality of the Social State ; and the Respective Ad vantages and Disadvantages of the Central and Local Administrative Systems. however much the reader may feel disposed to question the soundness of some of the conclusions at which the author arrives, it is impossible not to admire the absence of every thing like a partizan spirit in the dictation of them. Mr. Ramsay's views are clear and comprehensive ; he sees distinctly, and represents lucidly, all the objection s which may be urged in defence of, and against, such measures as the Ballot : and though we differ widely from him upon many points, we feel af once that we can acquit him of any intenton to mislead us- We have read his discourses not without profit, and have pleasure in recommending them to the regard of the public T CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—This afternoon the Queen rode on horseback in the Park, attended by Baroness Lehzen, Lady Barham, Lady T. Digby, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Vis count Melbourne, the Marquis Conyngham, the Earl of Sur rey, Lord Byron, and Mr. Rich. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland arrived this evening, and had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party. Lord Palmerston transacted business yesterday at Lord Melbourne's Office, in Downing-street. . . . . . - The Russian, Austrian, Turkish, and American Ambassa. dory transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Hanoverian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Austrian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Board of Trade. The Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Ministers of Austria, France, and Prussia, Count Senfft, Count Sebastiani, and Baron Bulow assembled at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Despatches arrived on Wednesday night at the Foreign Office from Earl Granville, Ambassador at Paris. Despatches, dated the 17th ult., were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing-street for Lord Glenelg, at Leamington. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign De partment for the British Ministers resident at the Courts of Hanover and Tuscany. Despat c hes were forwarded yesterday from the India Board for Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India; and fo the Officers administering her Majesty's Government at th Presidencies of Madras and Bombay. Despatches were sent off last :evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Despatches were sent off from the Foreign Office on Wed ne.iday evening for the British Minister at the Brazils. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Argyll, in Park-lane, from the Continent ; the Countess Dowager de Sails, in Carlton-gardens, from Dawley Lodge, near Uxbridge ; Lord Suffield, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from his hunting lodge, at Melton Mowbray ; Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bourke, K. C. 8., at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-square, from his seat, near Limerick; the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, at Apsley House, from Weimer Castle; Lord and Lady Holland and suite, in South-street, from Paris ; Sir William Curtis, from Ramsgate ; Mr. Pemberton, M.P., at Spring Garden terrace, from Yorkshire ; • Lade Shadwell and family, in Harley-street, froni Southsea, Hants; Mr. Byng, M.P., in St. James's-square, from Wrotham Park ; Sir H. Parnell, Bart., M.P., in Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, from Cobham Hall ; Viscount Howick, in Whitehall-place, from Sprotborough Hall, Yorkshire ; the Honourable Colonel Anson, M.P., from Newmarket; Captain Conroy, in Vicar-. fromfr from New Newmarket York, w ; it h p despatches octor L ush ; ng the to Earl Great, in Chesterfield, a George-street, from Windsor Castle ; Lord Hill, at age -place, l G ce cor g e Kemp House, Belgrave-square, from ditto ; Sir James Carnac, from Brighton ; the Dowager Countess of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, in Belgrave-square, from Brighton ; Sir John and Lady Shelley, in Belgrave-square, from Tunbridge wells ; the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel and Miss Noel, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Winchester ; Lady Hughes and Miss Hughes, at ditto, from Coggleshall , Osgood Hanbury, Esq., and Miss Hanbury, at ditto, from their seat, Oldfield-grange, Essex; the Rev. J. Kenway and Miss Ken way, at ditto, from Winchester; Mrs. Tryon and Miss Tryon, at ditto, from Northumberland ; W. Brodrick, Esq., at ditto, from Hatfield ; Mr. and Mrs. James Cony, at English's Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Boulogne ; Thomas Page, Esq , at ditto, from Ely ; Lieut. James Martin, 3d Light Dra goons, at ditto, from India ; J. D. Nicol, Esq , at ditto, from Scotland; Captain W. S. Ellis, 9th Lancers, at ditto, from Leeds. DEPARTURES. J. M. M'Cleod and lady, from English's Royal Hotel, St. James's. street, for Ramsgate; J. Pratt, Esq., from ditto, for Exeter ; Colonel Vernon, C.B , from ditto, for Portsmouth ; William Todd, Esq., from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Alexander NPNnill, Esq., from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Mr. and Mrs. John Lloyd Clayton, from their house, in Portman-square, for Manley Hall, Staffordshire. CHANGES. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds, and the Dowager Duchess of Leeds, at Hamby Castle, near Callenack, York shire, from their Lodge, Stonehaven, North Briton ; the Earl of Morton, from a visit to Lord Fitzwilliam, at Went worth House, for Dalmahoy, Mid Lothian ; Lord Albe marle, at Hampton Court, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor; Lady Barham, at Windsor Castle, from Dover; Colonel and Lady Susan North, at Brighton, from Wrox ton Abbey, near Banbury ; the Marquis of Douro and Colonel Churchill, at Brussels. from Liege, Belgium ; Lord Rayl e igh, from a visit to Lord Braybroke, at Audley End, Essex, for Terling-place, near Walden ; Lord and Lady Eli bank, a t Weymouth, from a tour in the north ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, at Bowood, from Devizes ; Lady Hoste and the Misses Hoste, at Parici, from a tour; Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K• C. 8., at Blair Adam, from Kinross; Earl and Countess Manvers, at Holme Pierrepont, Notts, from Clurn hor P a rk, Retford ; the Marquis of Bristol, at Paris, from Ick worth Park, Suffolk ; Lord and Lady Aylmer, at Paris, from a tour; Sir Montagu and Lady Georgina Cholmondeley, at Easton Hall , Grantham, from Redbourne Hall ; Major. General Sir John Taylor, K C. 8., at Stephen's Green, Dublin. from a tour ; Sir Thomas Munro, at Drayton, Shrop. shire, from a ter. The King, acc ompanied by the Duke de Nemours and the Princess Clementine on horseback, and the Queen and Madame Adelaide in an open crrriage, took another ride in the forest of Fountainbleau yesterday, w hi c h lasted from half-past one till four o'clock. After dinner t heir Me k.sties lift the Palace for Paris, and arrived at the Tuileries before midnight.— Galignani of Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset intend to re turn to Wimbledon Park from: Leamington Spa, on Monday next. THE BUCCLEUCII FAM ILY.—Lord J o h n S cott was expected to a rrive at Dalke i th Palace yesterday, and ge, near Chard, on ; ac company the young Earl and his brothers, .the Lords Walter Henry, and Francis Seot, attended by their tutor, Mr. Dar: Hell, to , London. They intended to c9ine by the railroad from Livrpool. Lord John Scott has written to the Clarendon Hotel, desiring apartments may be got ready for him by Mon day next. The Marquis and Marchioness . of Downshire, ac ess Bridport.Lod ac companied by Lady Charlotte Hill, left Easthampstead Park Cur- The Marquis of Waterford has returned to Cur i forsco Cricketun t raghmore, his seat in Ireland; Lord .William Beresford is still in town; and Lord James Beresford is on his way to Ceylon, visitß e rk t s o , on Viscount Wednesday,an d v to join the 90th Regiment. The Earl and Countess of Wilton left Grosvenor square yesterday morning, for Heaton Park, their scat, near Manchester. The Earl of Minto, according to letters received yesterday at the Admiralty, will arrive in town on the 18th inst., from Minto Castle, near Hawick. Lord Melgund, M. P., who has been visiting the Earl Fitzwilliam, at Went worth House, near Rotherham, has returned to the Castle. The new and splendid edifice now building in Park lane for the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, is expected to be finished in a fcrtnight, The Earl of Eglintoun and Mr. Lamb are expected at the Clarendon Hotel this evening, having left Scotland on Monday last. Lady Anne Beresford and the three Misses Beres ford, accompanied by Captain Jones, M.P. for Derry, left Charles-street, St. James's, on Wednesday last for the Palace of the Primate of Ireland, at Armagh. Lord George Bares ford will remain in town a few days longer. Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theo dosia Spring Rice left town yesterday morning for Hastings. Admiral Sir Ch ar l es a n d L a dy Adam arrived at the Admiralty on T ues d ay f rom a vis i t to t h e Earl and Countess of Minto, at Mi n t o C ast l e, Roxburg h s hi re . Sir Robert Wilmot Horton has been seriously ill during the last week at his villa, Sudbrook Park, Petersham, but we are happy to say that he is now recovering. Lady Ora a n rk m leave their re s id, nee Moulsey Park, Kingsto n, on Monda y , for Ditchley or and the Hon. Harriett e Brown , e Lord Dillon. p , near Oxford, the seat of t heir relative, Lord Gardner and Lord Suffield ate now keeping open house at Lowesby Hall, Leicester, for the reception of their sporting friends. Lord Howard de Walden left town yesterday on his return to his mission at the Court of Lisbon. Lord and Lady Francis Ecrerton left Worsley Hall, their seat i n Lancashire, on Wednesday last for Bath, for a short stay. His Lordship's object in visiting that city is for the beilt:fit of its waters, having experienced a slight attack of gout. The family will pass the approaching Christmas at Oatlands, where the Duchess. Countess of Sutherland and a family circle will assemble. CASE OF MARY WOOLFREY. In answer to the statements of Messrs. Sewells, which we published yesterday, a letter, of which the following is the substance, appears in a Morning Contemporary. The author of it appears to be a Catholic Clergyman : I am the brother of the late Mr. J. Woolfrey, whose widow is so persecuted in the inquisitorial Court of Arches. My widowed sister-in-law, as a Catholic, was forbidden by the sacred word of God, to erase one iota of what she believed divine. lam the person who taught her that doctrine, and that ought to have been cited before the Arches Court, for this extreme " excess." My brother was their (Messrs. Sewells) chief opponent in politics ; that whenever they abused his religion he thought proper to defend it ; that he had exposed-them and their families as placeholders (sinecures)—Governors of Carisbrooke ruins, and the la dies as portressFs and sweepers of the castle-yard, &e. This would have explained to the people of England why and wherefore Mrs. Woolfrey, widow, was to be selected as the butt Of persecution. They should have told the people of England, that Mrs. Woolfrey, widow, had lately become a convert from Protestantism to Catholicity, and had been instrumental in others doing the same, being led to do so by their private judgment. These Messrs. Sewells should have informed the people that the Rev. Mr. Breeks had given his permission, provided he was secure from his Bishop's censure, and also that the Bishop declared he had nothing to do with the affair, and consequently my siste r left to act as private interpretation should direct her. They should have said only opinions here given by the Bishop or Parson ; and as those opinions were on doctrine, and we knew the Church of England was not averse to the doc trine of praying for the dead, we presumed—or rather the widow presumed—in her afflictions. Messrs. Sewells should have told us that the Reverend Mr. Breeks had receivd his fees by his officers the day of erection, and demanded a second fee after the lapse of eight days, and then let it remain tranquil six weeks, until such men as Messrs. Sewells wrote to the Bishop and obliged him to take part in the shame of the age. Had these gentlemen said the tomb of Mr. Woolfrey was erected where all his Catholic friends were interred, instead of saying a " con spicuous part"—had they declared the inscriptions were peculiarly small instead of conspicuous, they would have been more in accordance with truth. That the Rev. Mr. Breaks would not have concerned himself if left to himself I readily believe ; for, if I am rightly informed, he has not duty enough to fatigue him, though he possesses three livings, and lives very com fortably in the country, away from all the annoyances of a' congregation. _ _ Begging to assure Messrs. Sewells that I am in London, and that the Catholic Institute of Great Britain have taken the cause in hand, Nov. 7. H. N. WOOLFREY. P.S. Near Mr. Woolfrey's tombstone there is a tomb stone erected to the memory of Mr. Barnes, with the same inscription, these twenty-three years standing, and no ob jection has ever been made. PROVINCIAL COLLEGE. (From the Cork Southern Reporter.) It will be seen by the following letter from the Earl of Listowel to Mr. Roche, that the Noble Lord will take the Chair at the meeting to be held on the 15th inst., for the establishment of a Provincial College. The communica tion is most gratifying. CANVAMORE, OCT. 1838. Sxa,—l beg you will convey my best acknowledgments to the Committee for the honour which they confer on me in inviting me to preside at the meeting to be held on the 15th instant, an invitation which I have great pleasure in accepting. . fremain Sir, your most obedient servant, James Roche, Esq., LISTOWEL. As no one as given more long continued and effective attention to the subject of Education than Lord Brougham, we are glad to record his approving opinion of exertions being made here to for war d th at great o bj ect. We make an extract from a letter from his Lordship to a Member of the Committee as follows : DOVER, NOV. 1, 1638. " That I should attend the very important meeting of the 15th instant is unfortunately out of my power, judicial business would detain me in London until after that day. " No one can feel more than I do the necessity of better provision being made for the higher as well as the inferior branchos of Education. I hope and trust that in Ireland you may set us a good exam ple. Rely upon it, that in improving the education of the upper and middle classes, you will also extend that of the humbler portions of society, for I have always found that the surest way of furthering the instruc tion, and generally the improvement of one class, is to instruct and improve the class next above them. On this principle we have been acting in England, but under many discouragements. " Wishing all success to the present proceedings which arc so creditable to you all, " I am your obedient servant, " BROUGHAM." Lord John Russell arrived at the Marquis of Aber corn's, on Carlton-terrace, at a late hour on Wednesday night, from Sussex-square, Kemptown, and left town again yester day morning for Cashiobury Park, the scat of the venerable Earl of Essex, where his Lordship will pass some time in re tirement. The funeral of the late Lady John Russell will take place to- morrow 111,31 ning, at ten o'clock, at Chenies, fourteen miles from Cashiobury. The mournful cortege left Brighton at the early hour of five o'clock yesterday. It passed over Battersea Bridge, and proceeded through H;gh gate to Rickmansworth, where it will be met by Lord J din Russell and his brother the Marquis of Tavistock. Mr. and Mrs. Lister left the Earl of Morley's, Kent House, Knights bridge, yesterday, to join Lord John at Cashiobury ; and the Marquis and Marchioness of Aba7corn, Lord Wriothesley Russell, and other branches of the family are expected to as semble at Cashiobury, where the Noble Lord's infant family will arrive to-day from Kemptown. The Earl of Essex, on learning the domestic bereavement of his Noble Friend Lord John Russell, offered him the use of his magnificent seat, Cashiobury Park, as a temporary residence, his Lordship and the Countess being settled in town for the winter. INcENDIARiim.—On Friday afternoon, about five o'clock, the people in the Glasgow post-office were alarmed by a strong smell of fire. On a search being made, it was dis covered that some miscreant had dropped a quantity of burning cotton from the outside into the letter-box, evidently with the intention of destroying the letters. Fortunately a delivery having just taken place, there were only four or five in it at the time, part of which were consumed. Had the circum stance occurred a few hours later, the consequences would in all probability have been very serious. A person who wa s standing in the street, waiting upon a friend, saw a tall man with a white hat and frock coat at the box, the only individual who had been there for a considerable time before the circum stance was discovered, and upon this unknown individul suspi cion has in consequence fallen.—Scots Times. ST. JAMES'S PARK.—(FROM A CORRESPON DENT.)—Your Contemporary, the Herald, has at least one merit which, as trifles make the whole sum of human happi ness, I am not disposed to think lightly of. I allude to its vigilance in attending to all those million of minor matters which arc connected with the convenience of the public at large. No sooner, for instance, have we rain than the Herald proclaims the disgraceful state of the foot-paths in St. James's Park, suggests a remedy, and urges the claims of the public on official attention. This morning, Sir, the Park is all but impassable, and when it is considered how many hundreds of her Majesty's ill-clad and badly-shod subjects are compelled through wet, wind, and mud, how inclement soever the season ma y be, to traverse through this Royal park, in order to ob tain by their labour a scanty subsistence, it certainly were but justifying her Majesty's claim to " gracions," if she were to express her Royal pleasure that the health and comfort of the people should not be acy longer despised and neglecte I by the official salaried sons of ease. The refusal to make the Park paths passable is an impressive leson to many, showing, at one and the same glance, how liable is the Palaced Potentate to forget the convenience of the people who built the palace, and who yearly lay at the feet of its resident countless treasure, the result of their toil and privation. THE DEVIL'S LAWS..—At the tecent Saffron Walden Agricultural Dinner, considerable force was laid by several of the speakers on the necessity of an advancement in the wages of the labourers, as if any miserable addition of that kind could compensate the poor toil-worn men for being stinted of their daily bread by the enorm , -us tax their land lords lay on the first necessary of life. LOrd Rayleigh. it is said, alluded to the filching of his com-rocues, the agricul_ turists, and the indignant complaint of the community at the dearness of bread, in the following exquisitely absurd terms ; happily the false proences and rotten fallacie, of the land sharks can deceive but few :---" When," say, Lord Rayleigh, I look to the coming winter, and see that the quartern lea is likely to get dearer, rather than cheaper, it will be our duty to anticipate any demand for wages amongst the poor, so tha t if there should he a cry out amount the manufacturers rt the dearness of bread. our lzhottrer. ine-tead of joining i that cry, t cry, may be able to say---' We have found masters who have given us a p ort i on o f t h e i r i a d vantages , an d whether ~ bread be cheap or dear, our mastera shall have our good-will. Oct. 9. /". TO THE EDITOR OF TFIE SUN. ii't SIR-By the 6th and 7th William IV., the power of appointing a Bishop to the new see of Manchester waa-V-7 placed in the Council—it has not yet been carried inte,• effect. Can you inform me why t Have Ministers re- Al served that little bit of patronage for their Conservative successors, who will gladly avail themselves of it to add a favourable vote to that bench where the Whig interest is truly so very preponderating ! Perhaps you would be kind enough to clear up the mystery. With a thousand and one apologies, I am, Sir, Your constant reader, S. L. SINGULAR EFFECTS OF PRINTING IN, GOLD. TO THE EDITOR . OF THE MEDICAL GAZETTE. SlR—Should the accompanying case appear worthy of being recorded, I would beg as a favour its insertion in the Medieal Gazette, not being aware that any person has yet noticed this affection, which may perhaps be as novel as its cause, riz., the printinr , of Golden Sun newspapers I July 17th, John Oakey, e mt. 19, a lad of pale, scrofulous complexion, applied at this institution for relief of a most distressing itching of the scrotum, and was admitted under the care of Mr. Caswall, whom I have to thank for this kindness in permitting me to supply the notes of this case. On examining the part, it seemed relaxed and inflamed, the sebaceous follicles considerably enlarged, and round the roots of the hairs were small scabs, caused by his scratch ing the part, to relieve the tingling sensation. The hair on the scrotum and pubes was of a decided grass-green colour, and though the irritation resembled that produced by the pediculus pubis, I could discover none of these vermin or their ova. - On inquiry, the lad referred these symptoms tohis occupa tion at a newspaper-office, being engaged in printing the Golden Sun paper—so named from its golden type. It appears this hue is communicated by brushing a fine bronze coloured powder (composed, according to the workmen's account, of copperas, verdigris, and quick-silver) over the type, which is first printed in yellow ink. This powder is given to those employed in ounce packets, and about 40 hands were thus employed, almost all of nhom had been forced after a time to give up this work, some keeping at it only two days ; others for a week or more ; but all suf fering more or less from its effects. The hair on his head and in the axilla was of the same colour, and he complained of itching in these parts and about the wrists, though in a degree, and the hair felt pecu liarly harsh, dry, and matted. He stated that on the third day of being thus em ployed, he had been seized with vomiting of a green-coloured fluid, and a sensation of heat and constriction in the (eso phagus, with pain in the stomach, which he referred to swallowing and inhaling portions of the powder diffused through the air of the room : this was followed by epistaxis, recurring at intervals, itching of the before-mentioned parts, more especially of the pubes and scrotum, tenderness of the epigastrium and bowels, accompanied by loss of appetite and rest. As his bowels were confined, and his stomach irritable, he was ordered, _ _ Pulv. jalapaa cum hydrarg. clalorid., 12 grains ; stat. sum. mist. effervesc., an ounce and a half ; c. mag. sulph., one dram ter in die. ; and to relieve the itching, fotus pa paveris, with occasional poultices. His continual scratching, being unable to keep his hand out of his flap for five minutes at a time, had destroyed the character of the eruption so much, as to put it out of my power to state positively what it originally was, but it seemed to have been primarily papular, subsequently as suming a vesicular appearance. 19th.—The eruption has decreased, and the irritation is much relieved, but the hair still retains its green hue ; the tenderness of the epigastrium and sickness have left him, his tongue is clean, and he sleeps well at night. Rep. Pulv. et Mist. 26th.—He returned quite well, but still with the hair on his pubes, scrotum, and head quite green, though gradually fading away. Ordered to continue his medicine, and re turn in a week, using in the meantime common pomatum to the hair, to soften it and remove its harsh wiry character. Unfortunately, like too many dispensary patients, being relieved, he never returned to give up his letter, or obtain a letter of thanks to the party who had recommended him, and thus he deprived me of the opportunity of observing how his hair resumed its natural hue (a sandy colour, it seemed to be), as also of giving the termination of his case. This case having excited my curiosity, I asked and ob tained permission to see the process of printing these papers. They are printed with a yellow ink, composed of size and gamboge, and then handed over to men, who, with a common hat-brush, distribute the powder over the paper, which adheres to the moist printed portions. About a dozen persons were thus engaged when I visited the office, all of whom complained more or less of the same symptoms. Some added, that this irritating powder had caused deep ulcers on the genitals ; others declared it had salivated them to a certain extent ; but though their gums appeared slightly spongy, they hardly seemed more so than those of most persons whose stomachs are out of order ; and I could not detect any mercurial fostor. I wished much to be allowed to have a portion of this powder for chemical examination, but my request could not be granted, as its composition is kept a secret. I was told it was prepared in Germany ; it looked like very fine brass filings ; the whole air of the room was loaded with it, and my coat glistened, as also did my face and hair, which rivalled in brightness the wig of Caligula, who had recourse to gold dust to produce the effect I obtained so cheaply. This case would have been forwarded to you long be fore this, but unfortunately I had mislaid the notes, and have only now found them. I have referred in vain to the works of Thackrah, Ramazzini, a n d P a ti ss i er , as a l so to _ . the Dictionnaire des Arts—none mention this mode of gilding, or any similar effects on gilders. Believing it, therefore to be es new, as this new process of " illuminating" newspapers, I have done myself the pleasure of sending you this very imperfect notice of it, and reamin Sir, yours, &c. _ GURNEY TURNEY, M. R. C. S., &c. General Dispensary, Oct. 24, 1838. CLERICAL NON-RESIDENCE.—It appears by a letter, addressed by the Archbisliep of York to the Bis'aops within his province, a copy of wi ich appears in the York Courant, that it is his intention to enforce compliance with the Ac passed in the late Session, for securing the residence of the clergy on their respective cures. 'e rejoice to learn that the Rev. Henry Lowther, of Distington, has commenced an active subscription in behal. of the widows and families of the unfortunate sufferers in the late melancholy accident at John Pit, near Harrington. We should be glad to hear of other clergymen and influential gen tlemen in the parishes of Harrington and Workington taking the matter up, uniting their exertions with those of Mr. Low ther, and extending the relief generally to the families of all the sufferers. We are convinced there is no lack of proper feeling amongst the neighbouring clergy and gentry, and that on the suggestion being made Mr. Lowther will find many respectable persons ready to aid him in his laudable under taking. The Rev. Gentleman, a few days ago, visited this town for the above benevolent purpose, and in consequence o. the truly melancholy nature of the accident, and the personal respect in which he is held by all classes of the inhabitants, his efforts were highly successful, as they have everywhere been in the surrounding neighbourhood.—Cumberland Pacquet. A poor weaver - in this town, of the name or Grime, was a short time ago affected with a pain in his sto mach, accompanied by other peculiar sensations; he took seve ral courses of medicine, without experiencing any relief. " At times," says he, " I felt as if something was moving about in my inside." He continued in this condition about a week, when the pain began to descend ; he then tried outward applications, such as rubbing the part with warm flannel ; still there was no abatement of the pain. When the ailment reached the knee the pain was excruciating ; the patient sat up most of the nigl.t, rubbing the afflicted part before the fire, until he felt a little ea•-ier. He was then about to draw on his stocking, when he perceived something sticking out from the calf of his leg ; he immediately drew it out, and it proved to be a large-sized tailor's needle, considerably corroded. He is now in a convalescent state.—Preston Chronicle. On Monday a letter was discovered at the lodgings of a lady in Cork, sealed with black wax, and apprehensive that it contained unfavourable intelligence of a little son, who was at school, and in delicate health, she opened it hastily. On breaking the seal a detonating powder exploded, lacera tin;; three of her fingers, wounding her under one of her eyes, and cruelly terrifying her. There is not in the city a person less likely to become an objet of hostility than the lady in question. She is a widow—left a widow at two-and twenty—her husband snatched away by cholera one day—her mother taken by the same fatal malady the next. Surely, if anything could insure her protection, she ought to find it here.—Cork Paper. Mr. BURROUGHS, THE JRISH BARRISTER. — The Goldsmith of the bar, ho was as impired as simple, and sometimes as absent. Once, when stait : anp g ir i t ,r e o;: c d as in t g h s e con netted with a bill of exchange to the Jury, he forgot the greatest eompo. name of the drawer. and turning round asked some person, , 13 p;,1,50n Bonaparte, drew " What's his name?" " Napaloo s n G this bill," B:.t.tt...\Alemiii,nt,hiTlyecluiiiittetr,ed with the Compo sure imaginable. —Metropolitan Magazine. Miss Shirreff, the c harming vocalist, continues to I draw amazingly crowded houses at the N . ational. Every night lis only a greater triumph than the previous one. The music of the piece is splendid, and foil jitstiee is dine to it by this charming cantatriee. Miss Shirreff is a fi .e. looking, open faced, smiling young Englishwoman. In she is plump ' and well-proportioned. 11cr movements are I'4ll of grace and firmness. What a prospect she has before her, young, splen did, and interesting; she can make 50.000 dollars in this country in a short time.—Nero, York Herald, Oct. 19. We hear that Count VLr:t star lii%n Van Maasdam is to make two mere ,journey. to S'll:7a7d —firSt to negotiate en the preliminaries to the n , ftri - s , gc- o' h;. Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange, the time to be pre sent, , aint at the conclusion of othe proposed m arriage,--Dutc4 Paper. s